Baby Tron Costume

Baby Tron Costume
For my son's first Halloween, I decided that he would be a "Hello World" program with a costume inspired by the movie Tron. The Tron costume uses reflective tape and electroluminescent wire (El-wire). The costume is controlled using a remote. 
 
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Step 1Materials

Non-electronic components:
White footed pajamas (choose one that does not have snaps down the middle)
White cap
Blue iron-on reflective tape (1" x 60")
Needle and thread
Ruler
Scissors
Iron and ironing board

Electronic components:
The following items were ordered from SparkFun:

EL Sequencer (SKU: COM-09203)
SparkFun Project Case - Black (SKU: WIG-08601)
Polymer Lithium Ion Batteries - 1100mAh (SKU: PRT-00339)
10 Jumper Wire - JST Black Red (SKU: PRT-08670)
Transceiver nRF24L01+ Module with Chip Antenna (SKU: WRL-00691)
Nordic FOB (SKU: WRL-08602)
LiPoly Charger - Single Cell 3.7-7V Input (SKU: PRT-00726)
FTDI Basic Breakout - 3.3V (SKU: DEV-08772)

The following items can be found at CooLight:
20 feet 3.2mm LYTEC - UM - UltraMarine (http://www.CooLight.com/category-s/54.htm)
IFW 3294 2K 3v


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6 comments
Oct 1, 2011. 6:36 PMpurefusion says:
Am I the only one who thinks this looks like you're just trying to strangle the poor kid with haphazardly arranged EL wire? :P

The suit itself looks great though, was that a custom print?
Jan 7, 2011. 3:37 PMWard_Nox says:
reminds me of the baby borg in there first aprerence
Dec 1, 2010. 3:26 PMCarlos023 says:
hahaha, god bless, amazing, you have to be the ubercoolest mother he could have ever had
Nov 12, 2009. 10:02 AMhailin says:
Cool...!!!
Nov 9, 2009. 2:49 PMJ-Five says:
That baby is so cute!!!!!!!!
Nov 8, 2009. 2:04 PMvalhallas_end says:
Awesome.  I love Tron.

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